Sunday, June 9, 2013

Transfer Week

Dear Family, Wow this has been a really hectic transfer week. all 10
companionships have new companions. We had five elders leave the
country, and 4 new ones come in. We also had two mini missionaries,
which are young men who are not yet old enough for a regular mission
replace two of the full-time missionaries. The young missionaries serve
for only 6 weeks and then return to their families.

Besides moving the missionaries to their new apartments,
we had two sets of missionaries who are moving into totally new
apartments. The old apartments were needing to be renovated because of
not being up to standard.

Our mission president really feels that the Guyana
apartments are way below standard. He would like to see them all in new
apartments but good apartments are really hard to find without paying
dearly for them. We did find one for $400 a month that is really in
good shape. I hope that the young elders will take good care of it.

Yesterday, the Church sponsored Family Awareness
Week. We had a program yesterday to introduce the events of the week.
There were several dignitaries from other religions. We had the leader
of the opposition party speak and also the Mayor of Georgetown.

I really enjoyed the mayor's talk. He was adamant
that we as a church need to stand up and condemn leaders in the
government when they break the law in relation to their immoral private
conduct, and not just ignore it It was interesting to note that he has
two children living in the United States who are members of the church.

His talk reminded me of the time when President
Clinton was condemned for his adulterous behavior when he was the
President of the United States. It is pretty common for the leaders
here to have the same kind of problems and nobody really thinks much
about it.

This coming week we are going to be involved in
three exhibitions about the family, a health fair, two service projects
and two firesides. One of the firesides is entitled "marriage and
family, real life experiences" and the other is "preparing for
marriage". It is going to be a busy week.

Dear children and grandchildren, as you meet
together for the Beutler family reunion, please know how much we love
all of you and would love to be there. Maybe we can skype and see all
of you together during the weekend. Please continue to love and enjoy
each other and have a wonderful reunion. Love, Mom and Dad